“Tsar and God” and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics

Victor Zhivov; Boris Uspenskij

book: “Tsar and God” and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics

Open Access Published by Academic Studies Press 2012

“Tsar and God” and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics

Victor Zhivov and Boris Uspenskij

Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program
Edited by: Marcus Levitt

In the series Ars Rossica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618116703

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About this book

Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection includes a number of essays appearing in English for the fi rst time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia’s cultural development, these essaysexamine the survival and the reconceptualization of the past in later cultural systems and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. The essays in this collection contain some important examples of Russian cultural semiotics and remain indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.

Author information

Boris Uspenskij (PhD Moscow University) is a professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities and professor emeritus of the Oriental University of Naples (Istituto Universitario Orientale). His research in general linguistics defined his interest in semiotics with the special focus on the visual arts, especially the study of icon-painting. He has published numerous books and articles, including The Semiotics of Russian Culture (1984, with Yu. Lotman); The History of the Russian Literary Language (XI—XVII centuries) (1987, in Russian); Semiotik der Geschichte (1991); Storia della lingua letteraria russa (1993); Linguistica, semiotica, storia della cultura (1996); Semiotics of Art (1995, in Russian); Tsar and Patriarch (1998, in Russian); “In regem unxit ”: Unzione al trono e semantica dei titoli del sovrano (2001); Cross and Circle: From the History of the Christian Symbolism (2006, in Russian); Ego loquens: Language and Communicational Space (2007, in Russian); Prospettiva divina e prospettiva umana: La pala di van Eyck a Gand (2010).

Reviews

Professor Ayse Dietrich, Middle East Technical University:
"For anyone concerned with or interested in the topic of cultural development in Russia, particularly during the monarchy, this book would be invaluable, providing as it does in-depth information on the developments and transformations in Russian history, culture, politics, customs and traditions. “Tsar and God” and Other Essays in Russian Cultural Semiotics is likely to become a primary reference source for future research in the study of the historical transformation of the Russian state and Russian society."

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TSAR AND GOD: SEMIOTIC ASPECTS OF THE SACRALIZATION OF THE MONARCH IN RUSSIA B. A. Uspenskij and V. M. Zhivov Open Access Download PDF	1
TSAR AND PRETENDER: SAMOZVANCHESTVO OR ROYAL IMPOSTURE IN RUSSIA AS A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PHENOMENON B. A. Uspenskij Open Access Download PDF	113
EUROPE AS METAPHOR AND METONYMY (IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA) B. A. Uspenskij Open Access Download PDF	175
CULTURAL REFORMS IN PETER I’S SYSTEM OF TRANSFORMATIONS V. M. Zhivov Open Access Download PDF	191
THE MYTH OF THE STATE IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND ITS DESTRUCTION IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA V. M. Zhivov Open Access Download PDF	239
ABBREVIATIONS Open Access Download PDF	258
List of Original Publications Open Access Download PDF	259
Index Open Access Download PDF	260

Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Pages
- Main content: 300

eBook

Published: December 17, 2017
ISBN: 9781618116703